surely

adv

1. Without fail.

   “slowly but surely”

2. Certainly, undoubtedly.

   “Surely, you must be joking.”

   “You don’t suppose we're going to pay for you, surely?”

   “She’s surely got the letter by now.”

   “But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].”

   “The money feels good / And your life you like it well / But surely your time will come / As in heaven, as in hell”

3. With confidence.

   “His feet were planted surely on the ground.”

   “Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us[…].”